The Grace Melvin Textile Collection, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
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- c1918
14 textile items, thought to have been designed as part of Grace Melvin's diploma show c1918.
Melvin, Grace
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The Grace Melvin Textile Collection, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
14 textile items, thought to have been designed as part of Grace Melvin's diploma show c1918.
Melvin, Grace
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection
Collection of items related to the Glasgow based firm J. Giusti & Co. which specialized in the production of plaster figures, mould making, statuary repair, and other plaster work. The collection is primarily composed of plaster busts and portraits, six moulds, and two medals. The casts and moulds are formed after a range of sculptural styles including ancient Greek and Roman, French Gothic, Italian Renaissance, and 19th century anatomical studies.
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection highlights mould making and casting processes that were used to produce objects for retail and to repair existing plaster casts. Records from The Glasgow School of Art document purchases and repairs from J. Giusti & Co. from as early as 1890, and casts related to those in the collection were widely used as teaching and learning tools at the GSA through at least mid-20th century.
As most of the items in the collection were used in commercial casting processes, very few items have a plain white, white washed, or decoratively painted surface that are often observed in plaster cast collections. Many of the plaster casts and all of the plaster moulds are widely covered with uneven layers of shellac that appear yellow, red, or brown. Shellac was applied as a sealant and resist agent to prevent existing plaster elements from sticking to fresh plaster elements during the casting process.
In addition to the plaster casts and plaster moulds, several items provide further insights into the material processes employed by J. Giusti & Co. Two medals (likely bronze) showcase the company's involvement with mould making for metal casting, and a gelatine mould is a surviving example of a traditional process used to produce detailed casts in small quantities.
Proudfoot, Alexander
The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive
The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive consists of:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Oliver, Cordelia
The Duncan Brown Photographic Collection
The collection consists of 305 photographs taken between 1853 and 1896. Sitters included local dignitaries, friends and family including John Brown, Queen Victoria's Ghillie. The collection also includes landscapes and the streets of Glasgow, particularly around the Pollokshields area on the south side of the city. Other subjects include ships, ship yards and stately houses.
Brown, Duncan
Textiles by Margaret Stewart, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Printed Textiles by Margaret Stewart.
Stewart, Margaret
Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth
The collection consists of printed textiles, garments and papers relating to Fraser Taylor's time as an undergraduate student at GSA (1978-1981), a postgraduate student at RCA (1983), and items relating to other professional activities. It also includes examples of textiles and associated ephemera for design collective The Cloth (1983-1987).
Taylor, Fraser
Textile work by GSA students and staff
Textile work by Glasgow School of Art students and staff, including examples of woven textiles, some of which are most likely to be submissions for degree shows, while others seem to be submissions for an RSA Bursary Competition. Some creators are known, others are yet to be identified.
Blackwood, Jilli
Testimonials written in support of James A Dron
Collection of testimonials written in support of James A Dron, a former student of Glasgow School of Art.
Includes:
The collection also includes a letter of application written by Dron for the post of Painting and Still-Life Master at Belfast School of Art in 1901 plus accompanying correspondence.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Newbery, Francis Henry
Two interior design notebooks from c1990-1994.
This material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It was assessed by a paper conservator but no conservation work was deemed possible.
Paula Murray
Student work by Jeanne (Jane) Wilson
A small collection of work in design and ornamentation produced by Jeanne (Jane) Wilson during her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1930 to 1934. Collection includes:
Wilson, Jeanne
Student Art History notebook, contains mainly writings on Egyptian Art and Architecture, Medieval Christian Art, Flemish Art, English Art. Notebook also contains some illustrations.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
*Not available / given
Student material by Lindsay Winning, student at The Glasgow School of Art
A collection of graphic design work, product design prototypes, life drawings and graded coursework by Lindsay Wadey (née Winning), completed during her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1963 to 1967. Includes work carried out as part of courses in the Graphics department and on the Section 5 course under Ted Odling. Material spans the entirety of her student career, including final projects and degree show work.
Winning, Lindsay
Student material by Donald Melvin, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A collection of sketches, designs, photographs and lithographs by Donald Melvin completed during his time as a student at Glasgow School of Art in the 1960s.
Includes work carried out as part of courses such as, for example, Interior Design, the History of Furniture, the 2nd Year General Course, the Pre-Diploma /Foundation Course and Woodcarving.
Also includes sketches carried out during GSA summer schools abroad in Florence and in Norway, and materials relating to extra-curricular activities such as photographs of productions staged by GSA Dramatic Club and Christmas ball posters.
Melvin, Donald V
Sketchbooks belonging to Jean H Irwin, student at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection contains:
Irwin, Jean H
Records relating to Ted Odling
This material mainly relates to Ted Odling's time teaching at The Glasgow School of Art from the 1950s to the early 1980s. It contains the following items:
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Odling, Ted
Records of the Scottish Society of Art Workers
This collections contains:
Keppie, John
Includes:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Mackintosh Students' Association of the Mackintosh School of Architecture
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Students' Representative Council and GSA Student's Association
Includes:
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Glasgow School of Art Students' Representative Council
Records of The Glasgow School of Art Staff Association
Cash and accounts book plus staff association magazines kept by the GSA Staff Association.
Includes:
The Glasgow School of Art Staff Association
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Modern Embroidery Group, alumni society, Glasgow, Scotland
Includes:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Glasgow School of Art Modern Embroidery Group
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Graduates Association, Glasgow, Scotland
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Glasgow School of Art Graduates Association
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Dramatic Club, Glasgow, Scotland
Contains 28 performance programmes, as well as one poster, drawings of the stage extensions and set designs for the March 1960 production of Hot Summer Night.
Glasgow School of Art Dramatic Club
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Club, student association, 1969- , Glasgow, Scotland
Minute book including lists of members, notes relating to the formation of the club and its constitution 1969-1970.
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
The Glasgow School of Art Club
Records of The Glasgow School of Art Club
This collection includes ephemera from meetings, programmes and prizegivings.
The Glasgow School of Art Club
Records and textiles of the Needlework Development Scheme
The collection consists of the surviving papers of the Needlework Development Scheme and over 100 examples of needlework. Of these examples, 28 are from Great Britain and 54 are examples of non-British work including examples from Greece, India, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Bosnia. Items include ecclesiatical, domestic, costume, clothing and modern embroideries, tea cosies, funeral pall, clothing, lace work, wall hangings, samplers, linen work and cushion covers.
The surviving papers include a complete inventory of 1012 items that were part of the Needlework Development Scheme prior to its dispersal in 1961. This provides information on the original numbering scheme used for the needlework examples and also provides information on the provenance of each item, although this is not necessarily the creator of the item but the person from whom the item was received, as well as a description of the item itself. There is an inventory of the parts of the collection received by the Glasgow School of Art, insurance details concerning the collection and the correspondence of the Needlework Development Scheme, 1931-1941.
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
The Needlework Development Scheme
Presscuttings book belonging to Archibald McGlashan, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Presscuttings book of reviews of exhibitions including those at the GSA Club, RSA and Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, 1913-1959.
McGlashan, Archibald A
Collection of plaster casts comprising human figures, architectural fragments, plaster friezes, plaster reliefs, marble reliefs, tondos and busts.
Casts were used as an important teaching aid by the School, from the late 19th century onwards. The casts are generally based on classical statuary and were originally sourced from Greek, Roman and later Italian and medieval periods. Whilst not totally unique (most art schools in the UK and across Europe owned their own collections, purchased from established suppliers in London, Paris etc.), their continued existence within their original setting gives them an added significance. Importantly, the Glasgow School of Art's photographic archive contains many period images of how these casts have been used by staff and students since they were first introduced.
The majority of GSA's plaster cast collection was located in the School's Mackintosh Building at the time of a fire in the building on 23rd May 2014. As a result the majority of the collection suffered damage, of varying degrees, and all casts were subsequently surveyed by a conservator. Six casts were lost in the fire and eleven larger casts have undergone remedial conservation in 2016-17. The majority of the remaining casts have undergone cleaning before being repositioned around GSA's campus during 2019.
*Not available / given
Photographs of George Paterson, student at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Photographs of George Paterson and other students of the painting & decorating class.
Paterson, George
Collection includes:
The collection also includes original illustrations drawn by A S Boyd (aka TWYM) and Stephen Reid, both noted Scottish illustrators.
Additional uncatalogued material includes
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Hunter, William R
Papers of the Ballantine family, students at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
The collection is comprised of Lewis Ballantine's own works of art such as life drawings, self portraits, design work and sketchbooks, and photographs, as well as sketchbooks and notebooks that belonged to his mother and father.
The work in the collection by Lewis Ballantine forms a valuable record of his time at the Glasgow School of Art. They show the development of his work as an artist, and provide an example of the type of work that Drawing and Painting students were required to produce during this period.
Lewis Ballantine's mother, Alice Longmuir Nisbet was herself at Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s, and was involved in the Socialist Art Circle. The sketchbooks in this collection also contain works by other members of the group such as Stuart Henderson, Jimmy Morton, James ("Jimmy") Ogilvie, W. C. Thompson and John McLean. The photographs in the collection picture Alice Longmuir Ballantine and John ("Jack") Hendry Ballantine, and Lewis Ballantine's maternal grandfather, Robert Dow Nisbet.
Collection includes:
Ballantine, John Hendry
Papers of the Anderson family, students at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
The Anderson family archive includes material of 5 of its members, namely the sisters Violet Meikle (1873-?), Daisy Agnes McGlashan (1879-1968), Daisy's husband William Smith Anderson (1877-1929) and their two daughters Daisy M Anderson (1910-1996) and Agnes Violet Neish (nee Anderson) (c1912-2005).
The Anderson Family archive contains family papers, sketchbooks, photographs and letters from 1860 to 1969.
The archive contains a number of sketchbooks kept by family members. Those belonging to the women contain flower drawings and schemes for ornamentation whilst William Anderson's books reflect his life as a commercial traveller for an ironfounder's firm and contain scenes from London and elsewhere, as well as technical drawings and plans. As many of the members of Daisy Anderson's family attended the Glasgow School of Art, the collection throws light on the work of the School from the 1880s-1950s.
Additionally the collection includes correspondence, newscuttings and photographs. Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014, and has since undergone conservation.
Anderson, Agnes Violet
Papers of Margaret Elizabeth Galt, student of Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection contains works of art done by Margaret Elizabeth Galt while in secondary school; her Glasgow School of Art general course and diploma course notebooks, along with textile samples; and notebooks from after her time studying at GSA.
Galt, Margaret Elizabeth
Papers of Liz Arthur relating to Robert Stewart, artist and designer
This collection contains the research materials of Liz Arthur used in writing 'Robert Stewart : Design 1946 - 95'.
It includes:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Arthur, Liz
Papers of Kath Whyte, Head of Embroidery at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A collection of Kath Whyte's personal papers which comprises:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Whyte, Helen Kathleen R
Papers of John Walter Lindsay, architect and student of the Glasgow School of Art
This collection contains:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Lindsay, John Walter
Papers of John Hinshelwood, architect and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection contains architectural sketches that formed part of John Hinshelwood's training as a student at The Glasgow School of Art.
These include:
Hinshelwood, John
Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Collection includes:
The photograph album contains photographs of "The Immortals", including Jessie Keppie, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Herbert MacNair, Frances Macdonald, Margaret Macdonald and others of their circle.
The Moyr Smith sketches are from Moyr Smith's first published book Studies in Pictures. Smith trained in Glasgow, becoming influenced by Alexander Thomson and Daniel Cottier, moving to London in 1864.
Of great importance in this collection is a sketchbook of drawings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The sketchbook, dating from the 1890s, consists of 19 drawings of flowers, furniture sketches, and interior sketches of Craigie Hall, Pollokshields, Glasgow.
Keppie, Jessie
Papers of Jane Richards and Fiona Jean Paton, students of The Glasgow School of Art
This collection relates to Jane Richards and her granddaughter Fiona Jean Paton who both studied at The Glasgow School of Art.
It includes:
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
One item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014 and was conserved in 2018-19.
Richards, Jane
Collection includes artworks and sketchbooks made by Jimmy Cosgrove as a student at the Glasgow School of Art; while working as a Tutor and the Director of the Glasgow School of Art; and afterwards, including work relating to the House for an Art Lover, and documenting travels across Europe, North America, and Mexico.
Cosgrove, James
The papers listed here are the records of three private commissions undertaken by James Fulton between 1909 and 1912, while he was resident in London. The papers include correspondence with the clients, builders and tradesmen. There are rough plans only for the house for F. Hall Gibson, who appears to have been a friend of Fulton's family.
Fulton, James Black
Papers of Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer
3 x 2nd year GSA student notebooks belonging to Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer:
Shearer, Isobel Alison Mitchell
This collection contains:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Alison, Henry Young
Papers of Garcia Hunter, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Includes:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Hunter, Garcia
62 items related to Elizabeth Marion Harvey's time at the Glasgow School of Architecture / the Royal Technical College and her later professional career. The collection includes her architectural drawings from her time as a student and professional, and her associated papers which include correspondence and school papers, photographs, and printed ephemera.
Harvey, Elizabeth Marion
Variety of materials relating to the works of Dorothy Doddrell, including designs relating to the creation of First World War Roll of Honours; designs created by Doddrell; life drawing studies; and reference materials.
Doddrell, Dorothy Maria F
Papers of Dorothy Campbell Smith, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A collection of work by Dorothy C Smith including Glasgow School of Art student material and teacher training college material.
Includes:
GSA student notebooks
Smith, Dorothy Campbell
Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Includes
The cards and ephemera have been created by former Glasgow School of Art staff and students and friends of Conrad McKenna, including Gordon Huntly, Rosalind Bliss, Michael Moulder, Peter Sumsion, Michael Healey, Mark Severin and James Cosgrove.
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
McKenna, Conrad
Papers of Christine Shaw, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection contains:
Shaw, Christine
Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller and Josephine Haswell Miller (nee Cameron)
A variety of loose artworks, cover designs, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, diaries and sketchbooks completed by and belonging to Archibald Haswell Miller and Josephine Haswell Miller (nee Cameron). The collections includes proofs for book covers and pamphlets, personal correspondence relating to his studies and subsequent career, different ephemera relating to Haswell Miller's student days and photographs of artworks and students and staff members of The Glasgow School of Art.
This collection also includes material relating to Georges-Marie Baltus (DC 098/2) , including photographs of his artworks and his Italian and European trips, and Francis H. Newbery (DC 098/3).
Miller, Archibald E Haswell
Papers of Andrew Samuel, architect and student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection includes architectural drawings and related material from Andrew Samuel's time as a student at Glasgow School of Art and from his later career.
Samuel, Andrew